Some people will destroy a country and force 42 million people into starvation just to avoid admitting they’re covering for a lifelong pedophile

"I'm actually a soybean farmer" is a funny way for Scott Bessent to both misrepresent his investments and acknowledge the negative effects of Trump's tariffs. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social talks that and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

mike johnson and his house republicans still get paid when he doesn't want to open the house and get back to work. Meanwhile, federal workers show up, do the work and they get no pay!

Making America hungry Again #SNAP #shutdown

A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. https://to.pbs.org/3X3FrFH

Past six days: 👀 @nytimes.com @cnbc.com @reuters.com @yahoofinance.com

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Arc de Trump.

Trump is all tricks and no treat for hardworking Americans.

By “people” he means all of us

If Dems can’t come up with a “Pocahontas” equivalent on this one .. 🙄

I know they won't because they're serious adults and want it to still be there for better days in the future, but part of me really wants to say the Canadians shouldn't just build a new entrance on their side of the library. They should demolish their half of it right up to the line.

As SNAP benefits are cut, this should be something we demand of state governors to do with their states national guard. Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this

“Federal agents detain a man in a parking lot in the Avondale neighborhood following a confrontation during immigration raids, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago.” @reuters.com

Give it to me straight doc

This ballroom was made for Trump and his donor friends – not for you.

At least we can take comfort in the fact that the people who tore down the East Wing and the people who build this garish ballroom are almost certainly going to get stiffed.

Thanks to Dr. Thomas for standing with Iowans facing huge health insurance premium hikes if Congress does nothing. This isn’t politics, it’s about real lives on the line. We need action, not a shutdown or more excuses from our Iowa representatives.

Listen up magats! Also you should start smoking again. Great for weight loss. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Reagan's approach to the world prominently featured two things: 1) Russian aggression bad, Western democratic alliance good 2) Free trade good, tariffs and other barriers to trade bad Pretending it's the opposite is the sort of reality inversion only someone who rejects truth itself could buy.

RIP English writer Geoffrey Chaucer, died this day 1400, best known for The Canterbury Tales. "The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love,...

happy bday Finnish-Swedish writer Bo Carpelan, b.1926. "But I protect myself, I surround myself with books, their silence does not demand anything, they exist, they are alive, they are for anyone to open, unlike us human beings."

“The department declined to answer questions about whether the donor is an American citizen or a foreign national.” Jesus Fucking Christ

My quote of the day Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. Albert Camus

I HAVE A TREMENDOUS IDEA: HOW ABOUT THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT NOT JUST REBUILD ALL THE SHIT DONNY DESTROYED, BUT ALSO ACTUALLY HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS CRIMES — AND LOCK HIM THE FUCK UP ALREADY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY POST, WHICH YOU CAN READ HERE: bit.ly/4hrlTV9

Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."

I am looking forward to this hearing. It will provide an excellent opportunity to remind people of all the reasons why Donald Trump should he serving a long federal prison term.

And the serial killer's name is Stephen Miller.

I fucking knew it.

“We thus conclude that the President is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for conduct within his exclusive sphere of constitutional authority.” CJ Roberts, Trump v U.S. (2024)

NEW: House Judiciary's Jamie Raskin is echoing Jack Smith's demand for public hearings: "I am now calling on you to accept Mr. Smith's offer to testify at a public hearing so the American people can all hear directly from him on the matters we will be questioning him about." tinyurl.com/yrmrdr3t

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

Thanks John Roberts!

Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for a significant hike in their 2026 health insurance premiums without the subsidies at the center of the government shutdown battle. It comes as insurance costs are rising significantly throughout the country.

this is very satisfying to watch.

This photo. @sfstandard.com #SFO sfstandard.com/2025/10/23/b...

Updating my LEGO White House

Nailed it

Johnson on Grijalva: "There's a lot of important case work to be done by her constituents who need help and guidance, & she could be on the phone all day as the rest of us are trying to help her constituents navigate through it. Maybe the House Democrat leaders need to give her a little guidance."

Truth.

Even in the movies, scenes of the White House getting blown up by invading aliens or terrorists feel emotionally unsettling. It’s the People’s House after all. So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

We have just over two weeks to pass Prop 50. And when we do, it will send a message of hope across the country, that change is possible if we do the work. So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem

He lost the 2020 election. He knew it. He lied about it. And now he’s demanding your money because knowingly lying didn’t make him President.